The Sun. — London, England, 1838-01-01 00:00:00

• ...---... SPIRIT OF THE PUBLIC JOURNALS. We insert insert in another column a letter from a respected correspondent on the subject of the recent occurrences in Lower Canada, and, knowing as we do his intimate ac quaintance with the state and the affairs of that country some ten years ago, we give his letter as the opinion and the, evidence of a men whose experience and whose station en title his sentiments to much attextion. His statement as to the advantages possessed and the comforts enjoyed by the Canadian " habilerns" we know to he accurate, and it Is corroborated by the reports of every traveller who has - visited the country, unless by a few itinerant agitators, whose object it was to excite discontent among people having no real grievance to complain of, which we, alike with our correspondent, maintain to have been the case with the French popuLtion of Lower Canada. We must, bowevzr, admit that the attempts of the discontented leaders of agitatio n have been more successful than we anticipated in exciting the people of certain districts into actual rebellion ; but we do not yet believe that the revolt is, or is to, become general -through out the province, or that there is any doubt IVI to the result of the contest se wantonly commenced by the Papineau party, OR the shores of the river Richelieu. We hear, in conl-4non with our Contemporaries, of arma ments to he prepared, and of forces to be despatched to the St, .Lawrence, on the opening of the navigation in the Spring ; and we take it for granted that the rebellion, even if it should subsist through the Canadian winter, will spee dily be suppressed when those forces can be brought to ope rate on the dense population, clustered along the shores of navigable rivers, which is the case with nearly all the " ha bituns" of Lower Canada ; but what we look to with even mere anxiety than to the preparation of armaments, and what we consider of more importanc e towards the final pa cification of the Canadas than the despatch of forces, is a frank and distinct declaration and determination on tho part of the British Government and Parliament, of the plans and principles to be adopted, after the suppression of the rebellion shall have been accomplished. If Lower Canad a is to be re-conquered, and held by means of a superior force of British soldiers, then we really should not consider the subject worthy of the ex pense ; but looking at Lower and Upper Canada collec tively as an immense and valuable territory, of which the river St. Lawrence is the great outlet, and :as forming between them but one country which ought never to have been divided, it is our opinion, that if they could again be re-united, and the representation of a new legislative body fairly apportioned among them, with a view to extent of territory, and the progressive increase of population, the people of English and Irish and Scotch and American descent might soon be left to maintain their own influence and institutions against the French party which has now the ascendancy in the representation of Lower Canada, and which tries to preserve that ascendancy by preventing settlers of British or i g i n from locating themselves in the country. That ascendancy, however, even in Lower Canada, is not . quite so great as might be inferred from a letter given in the Times of Saturday, which we have transferred to our columns this day, under the signature of " An Anglo-Canadian," who gives a statement of the population of the different counties, showing that of the countries returning Papineau members to the House of Assemble to be 483,639, while that of the counties re terning Constitutional Members is only 28,278, or showing more than seventeen to one in favour of Papineau, whereas in reality the territorial division of those counties is a se rious grievance to the settlers of British origin, it being ao arranged to swamp their votes nearly altogether, and to jconceal their number, as compared with the French ma ority. These counties, speaking generally, are l a between p ara ll e l li nes fronting on the Great Rive id out r , r, and running b ac k f ar b eyond the actual settlements. The narrow front extending along the shore of the river is densely peopled by French " habit ans ' ad the towns, chu rc h es , an d villages are all built along the n water side. The new settlers in the back concessions, or in the townships behind the seigneuries, are thinly scattered, and are less in number than the French population in the front, as it is called, and, being outvoted in each county sepa rately, th e i r votes are swamped at elections, or taken as they are by " An Anglo-Canadian," to increase the assumed numbers of their opponents, whereas a different distributio n of the counties might, in some cases, give a dif f erent result; and in any new arrangement, such as a legislativ e union of the two provinces, this object ought not to be overlooked. For the present, however, we reserve these and other de tails which may hereafter be interesting. 'We look with some anxiety to the arrival of the next advices from Canada, and with quite as much to the plans which are to be de veloped on the re - assembling of Parliament. ---Morning Chronicle. ON THE STATE AND PROSPECTS OF THE CANADIAN INSURGENTS. The following letter, which appeared in the Times of Sa turday, is evidently from some person interested in forwardiag the objects of the Papineau party. The aim of the writer is to magnify the resources of the insurgents, and to mislead the public with regard to the numbers of the French and British in Lower Canada. From the location of the French in a belt of villages along the St. L awrence, and from the counties stretching deeply backwards from the river frontage, forming ns it were long strips, the British population in every county is greatly out-numbered by the French, and remote from the places of election, ece. A cursory perusal of the letter of an " Anglo-Canadian" would lead an English reader to suppose that the British are to the French in Lower Canada as 1 to 17, whereas they are really as about one to three. " In short, if they are unanimous and resolute," says this Papineau advo sate, " they must succeed in establishing their supremacy in every part of Lower Canada, with the exception of the city of Quebec." Unanimous they cannot be ; but if the Govern ment fail to do its duty to the British in Lower Canada, they may be everywhere overpowered by the superior strength of the French ; in which case the struggle would ultimately be between the Upper Canadians and the French Canadians. " TO TOE EDITOR OF TILE TIMES. " Sir-A s every fact calculated to throw light on the state and prospects of the insurgent party in Canada will naturally be acceptable to the public mind at present, you will perhaps feel disposed to circulate the present communication by inser ting it in your columns. The object of it is to acquaint the public with the population of the different counties and cities in Lower Canada, and with the prevailing sentiment in each, as ascertained by the known sentiments of their respective Re presentatives. The following table, which was generally allowed to be correct, when published in Montreal in De cember, 1834, will show these facts in a very plain and striking form :-- Memb ers . P opulation. Name of Count•, City, or -----_------ --------• Borough. ' Papi- Constitu- Papi- Consitu neau. tional, neau. tional. ________-. _____-- __________, _______ Seance ........................ , 2 ... 11,900 Beauharn o i s ... 16,857 Bellecha.sc ...... 2 ... 13,529 Berthier ... 20,225 ' Bonaventure ............. 2 ... 8,309 Chamhly ......... 2 Champlain 15,483 Dorcheste r .- , ••• ... ............... , 2 ... 6,991 .............. 2 11,946 ••• Drummond ................. 1 ... 3,566 Gaspe ... K 2 s,o3oamouraska ............ Lacadie Lachesnoy e ......... 2 ... 9,461 Laprarie - L'As!omption ... ...... 2 ... 1,497 "• .'lslet 2 ... 13,518 Lotbinier s 2 M . .. 6,948 .M egantie ... . 1 2,2B3ontmorenci ............... 1 ... 3,743 Missiseinoi ..... ... ......... , ... ... 8,801 2 Montreal, Co unty ... Nieolet 16,476 2 12,804 ... Orleans ..................... 4,349 ••• Ottawa ... .................. 2 4, •• 786 Pontt Neuf .................. 2 ' Quebec ..................... •" 12,350 ... Riche1ieu.........., 2 7,916 15,086 ... Rimonski .. ... ............ , ~. 10,061 Rouville ... 2 18,115 ••• Saguenay ..................... 2 8,38.5 ••• Shefford ..................... ... 2 ••• 5,07 Sherbrook ... ... 2 7,104 Stanstead ............ 2 ... - 10,306 St. Hyacinthe ... '2 .. . 15,366 St. Maufee ............... 2 .. 13,7% TTerrebonne ... 16,623 wo Mountains 20,905 ••• Vandreuil 13,111 ... Yercheres Yamaska .................... , 2 9,496 ... Montreal, City ... ' 4 27,297 ... Quebec, City ............ 1 4 ••• 28,2.57 Three Rivers ... ..........• • . . 1,063 I-- ............ 2 ...". 3,113 110 • Soul 'l ...............1.................. .................. 9 483,639 i 2; 4 ,278 .deraar.......___.......,...._. '' ThA .51..-.. _ . - t i The elections, of which the above table illustrates the re sult, hinged entirely on the elective principle—that is to say, the candidate known to be favourable to the application of that principle to the formation of the Legislative Council was sure to be elected ; while the candidate known to be opposed to it, Or not warmly attached to it, was equally sure to be rejected. " In many of the chief counties the elections were decided by a mere show of hands, thereby proving the most perfect Unanimity of sentiment ; and if tlie party is equally unanimous now as to the expediency of overthrowing the British su reraacy, there cannot be a doubt about the immediate result. That Britain could reduce them again to subjection as soon as the re-opening of the navigation will admit of her introducing into the country a force sufficient for the purpose is quite pertain, but that it wou ld b e wort h her while to incur the 'ouble and expense of doing so is very problematical ; for she mould have to maintain her supremacy, either by conceding to the Papineauists every demand they have made and may yet make, or by keeping up such a military force in the province as would be sufficient to maintain order by the law of the bayonet I " The British party look confidently to their fellow-coun trymen in the upper province for efficient aid; but it strikes me that the insurgents will receive quite as much assistance from that quarter as their opponents ; and the support to be derived from the States in the shape of vo lunteets will, I think, be almost entirely in favour of th* in= Mttrgt?nts. " That the insurgents helr9 theNughly cafatdateci their to sources I know, for I hash seen stateeneett Om - ivies; ow long they could maintain a yolunteei army by the sale of their plate, jewels, and other tiertetil c ectimodities o f exchangeable values ! by plundering jewellers' shops, private houses, and mich like ; by mortgaging their estates to the Americans; and lastly, by pledging the faith of the trahijo Nation Canadienne to pay liberally for supplies by grants of land as soon as their inde pendence was established. " T.!: short, if they are unenimmtit atad resolute ; the Must succeed in establishing, their suptemiacy in every pill of Lower Canada, with the exception of the city of quebec, which might be defended for years against ally force that could be brought against it, excepting famine knd treachery. " AN ANGLQ-CAIsIADIAN." We Ar e not among those sehts attach any great import muse to the squabbles of eertain persons calling_tbenitelves the' Trades' Political Union" of the eitY of Dublin with Mr. Deniel O'Connell. These esetiti'y have kicked against the Agitator, because, tali nerve his own purposes, h T 1 fell foul c,f them, palling them " ass issins," impttling to them '" that they hatl dyed their hands In the blood of their ;31intryenen ;" that they mete the " amens of driving trade out of the country ;' that "they would not suffer any man of capital to remain in the country ;" and, in short, that " their combination must be trushed." It ought to be re collected Lhat them Trades' Union gentry have been for years the reedy tools of O'Connell in all his dirtiest and most flagitious machinations against the public peace and the authority of the laws in Ireland—that their Union was framed, or at least countenanced by him—that th e i r members al wa y s const i tute d what Mr. - Eneas Macdonnell justly terms the " scum of popular effervescence"—" terrified terrorists---dreading,lik e any other slavegang, the lash oft heir driver, who has whisked them about from one extreme and absurdity to another, without any regard to their truth, consistency, or decency." Why, then, if Mr. Daniel O'Connell, having used and abused this reputable body from his own ends, now turns upon and reprobates them as the vilest animals in the whole creation, who will pity them? Do they not meet their deserts? It appears from the letter of our Irish reporter, published in the Times last Saturday, that the indignant Trades Unionists met together, to pass resolutions, of which the object seems to have been to complain of the scurvy treatment in flicted on them by their late lord and master; and com plain they do, but after the fashion of spaniels, whining do lorously under the whip of a tyrant, not daring to bite, or barely to snarl in return. From the speeches and proceedings on the above occasion, the grievance felt by these mutineers is manifestly nothing more than a shop or partnership disagreement, not ven turing to proclaim the truth—namely, that it was the Agitator himself who was the real " assassin" ' —who had instigated his minions to " dye their hands in blood" --who had broke up the peace of society, and " driven men of capital out of Ireland." While he deterred others from fixing there, these subaltern incen diaries take abundant pains to assert, instead of disavowing their continued and entire concurrence with their principal in all political matters, they boast that " eight-tenths of the members then assembled were men who had graced (! !) Mr. O'Connell's processions, and who had fallen out with their employers and neglected their families for the purpose of supporting him." The people, added the chairman of the meeting, " had placed implicit confidence in Mr. O'Connell, but how do we know but that our rights and privileges are going to be bartered like the children of Manchester r Yes, his conduct through out has been that of Satan—seducing to betray. This vapid outbreak of a kennel of over kicked curs may provoke the fury of the Agitator for a while, but there is such a total absence of all true principle, self respect, and jealousy of character on either side, that unless, indeed, O'Connell finds it more profitable to discard and finally quarrel with the murmuring reptiles, than still to retain them in his service, and make them the instru ments of further mischief and disturbance, there is little doubt that the sore will soon be poulticed up again, and some new procession got up by the Agitator, where his triumph will be once more" graced by the presence" of the " terrified terrorists," or possibly his heroic person borne aloft upon their shoulders. It is the same with these cases of domestic strife in Ireland and in our own country. The different sections of seditious Popery there may abuse and vilify each other to the end of tine ; but as against the Protestant church, state, and community, their combination d e i s t i s n o u u s ti d d e m a nd oe rany indissolublehere in En gl an ever.d mayS o ringthe champions changes esons o f n Whig selfish ness an d Whi g falsehood ; but when it omes to a v o t e f or or aga i nst the monarchy, we shall mud item, like v a i n - g l or i ous termagants as they are, swimming. mely in th e wa k e o f Mi n i sters, and doing the work of re ular Downi ng - s t reet d ru dges.—Tines. On the c on d uct o f t h e M e lb ourne Ministers, in provok ng a rebelli on i n C ana d a, and not having provided the ne essary me ans to meet i t, we have spoken very plainly. hatever jou rna l, or w h atever politician—Whige * Tory, or ' adical— ma y, un d er the i nfluence of servillity, corruption, r an excess of goo d nature, endeavour to excuse or pal iate their mi s d o i ngs , we can express but the one opinion f their eno rmous d e li nquency. At a former time, before heartless cosmopo li te " philosophy " had broken down v that nationality of feeling which is the life and source of the patriotic virtues, all England ;would have .resounded with the voice of public indignation, calling for the dis missal of men who had so betrayed the interests of the Crown and the empire. But at present no delinquency of Ministers, either as to our foreign or colonial policy, seems capable of exciting much public attention. If this state of national apathy should continue for a few years longer, England is likely to have no colonies to preserve, for a successful rebellion in Canada would be a signal to the other dependencies of the British Crown to declare themselves in dependent. The radical doctrine, as avowed in Parliament, is that a colony in revolt ought not to be resisted, and, in fact, that any portion of the empire which chooses to prefer separation to union, and rebellion to allegiance, should be allowed to do so without being questioned, and certainly without being coerced by the supreme authority. This radical doctrine being logically " carried out" in practice would soon leave the British empire a wreck upon the waters, to the great delight of the ambi tious and treacherous despot of Russia, the no less over reaching and insidious Citizen King of the French, and the President of the American democracy ; all of whom would be no less gratified in contemplating the ruins of the greatest maritime monarchy the world ever saw than the Roman chief was in viewing the ruins of Carthage. Not wi,hstanding the decided and explicit manner in which we have expressed ourselves upon the conduct of ministers in regard to Canada, an evening ministerial journal of Saturday has chosen to charge us with inconsistency, because of a statement in the City 'article of the Illorning Herald, at variance with the opinions put forth in the leading articles of the paper. In answer to this accusation, we have only to state what, no doubt, the C'ouri , r very well knows, that the opinions of the Morn ing Herald upon any question of public policy are not to be collected from the communications of the writer of the " city article," or from those of any other. correspondent, but from the leading articles only, unless the piper should expressly adopt the opinions or statements of a correspon dent, and thus make them part of its editorial observa tions. The freedom which the Horning Herald all ows t o correspondents has not been imitated by journals pro fessedly " liberal," which exact the utmost servility of sen timent in all writers who are regularly connected with their establishments. So little is the Courier capable of under standing this sort of " iiberty of the press," that it actually makes the use of such a privilege by our city correspon dent a matter of accusation against us ! We admit that a journal which, like the Courier, has tried every point of the political compass—which has been high Tory, semi -liberal, Whig, and Whig Radical—must be a good judge of what sort of political opinions are the most profitable ; but in any other respect no rational being who knows the history of such a journal will think itof the slightest importance what opinion it holds. Supposing even that Ministers, as the writer of our City article has said, " have at last resolved to take the strongest measures to suppress the existing rebellion in our Canadian possessions," what excuse—what palliation would that tardy determination to uphold the power of the British Crown afford for their previous vacillation or criminal negligence ? In the shuffling, evasive, and miserable speech which Lord John Russell made on the night when he ven tured to admit, to the very complaisant and obsequious House of Commons which the country has at present, that Canada was suspected of being in open rebellion, five days subsequently to the fact having been proclaimed in the Morning Herald, his Lordship was obliged to confess that accounts had been received at various times from Lord Gosford, stating what made it evident that the malcontents were preparing to have recourse to a rms . Knowi ng thi s , did our Go vernmen t take the obvious and necessary steps to meet, and crush the rebellion on its breaking out? Nothing of the sort. During the whole season, when troops might have been sent up the St. Lawrence, they " stood at ease," or slept, like Lord Glenelg, in profound tranquillity, until the thunders of the Canadian " Lexington" disturbed their repose. If such Ministers are not impeached for conniving at rebellion, provided the Canadian papers speak the truth, Ministerial respon sibility is a farce. What was the crime of Byng or Whitelock in affect compared with such pusillanimous or negligent betrayal of the interests of the crown ? As to talking of strong measures now, when the season for rein forcing the troops has gone by, and four or five months must elapse before the miserable amount of military force in Canada can be strengthened, is absurd. Besides, did not the evening organ of the Ministry, the very night after Lord John Russell's speech, throw out pretty palpable hints that Ministers may possibly think it advisable to allow the Canadian rebels to achieve their independence of Great Britain, rather than take strong measures to put them down? We quoted that article as explanatory of the obscure and , . , mYstik pal: ti ofVrd 4obn I s APeeeti;and *e will keep it he radical supporters of the government May talk or act treason as they like; we look nbt td theii; but to the respusible Mittistefs if lne Urown, and, at their hands, oh behalt oi the British public, we demand that the British Empire shall not be diemembered. If dismember ment once begins, it will go on until Great B. itain shall be utterly dtspoiled of her soUrces of grandettr and power..--- A inti•niirg Herald. At the tnotttlit at which we write, the old year, as it &Ai be termed in a fe•,v hours, is tolling its last knell, end the new one about to cOrttnicnte its career. Reflecting upon the pact ; iVe have no political recollections to regret— tVo have pursued the slme even, honest tenor of way which has characterised this journal during the last eleven years —no party influence has biased us beyond the bias which is common to human nature, and is rather an honour than a disgrace, in the considoratinn of public matters—no si uister iollttence of any kind has swayed our opinions either reApecting public men or public events. We have still occasion to rejoice not only in the confidence of our readers, but in an immense enlargement of their numbers. We thank them with the utmost cordiality for their sup port. They have dealt nobly by es, and we have done our best to merit their confidence, not by political consistency only, but by furnishing them with the best and earliest in telligence of all important events. To recur to all the events of the past year would be a matter of folly and mys tification—we content ourselves with quoting only one por tion of our labours, which must still be fresh in the recol lection of our readers. It is from the Morning Advertiser of Sept. 28 : " Three riace (said the Journal of that day) the expresses of tile Times, with reports of the celebrated political dinners at Glasgow and Edinburgh, were deservedly considered to be the most successful efforts that had been made on the part of the London Press to furnish early intelligence to the public. The distance from each of those pines is four hundred miles, and this was accomplished by the Times in thirty-two hours. These feats were, however, surpassed by the Morning Ad vertiser two years since, in conveying to Londo n th e re p orts of the D evons hi re e l ect i on, at which Lord J. Russell was de feated ; and of the West Yorkshire election, at which Lord Mor peth vanquished the Tories and Mr. Wortley. These elections took place, the first at Exeter, which is distant from London 172 miles, the latter at Wakefield, 186 milesnorth of the me tropolis. Reports, however, extending to some columns, of the nominations for these counties, and the final state of the polls wore transmitted to London, and printed in this Journal on the mornings after they occurred, each of the distances having been accomplished in about thirteen hours. Again, these efforts were exceeded last winter by The Sun, in transmitting from Glasgow a report of the Peel dinner there, which was accomplished in the unprecedented period of twenty-seven hours ; this, too, under the disadvan tage of being compelled to travel over roads which were covered to the depth of many inches with a thawing snow. During the progress of the late elections, however, we were enabled to afford to the readers of the Morning Advertiser many in stances of rapidity in conveying intelligence which could well vie with the most successful of those we have enumerated, and many which have never been equalled, and which are likely to remain unsurpassed ; for instance, the nomination of candidates for the representation of West Yorkshire, and the state of the poll there, which took place at Wakefield, 186 miles distant from London, were each published in the Advertiser of the morning after they occurred. The nominations and the states of the polls at the following places were also pub lished in this journal on the mornings after they occurred_ many of the polls in the out districts of the counties not having been ascertained till seven and eight o'clock in the evenings on which they were taken :—Liverpool, 203 mil es from Loudon ; Preston, 217 miles ; the North Lancashire nomination, at Lancaster, 240 miles distant; the South Lan cashire nomination, and the state of the poll on the two days of election, at Newton, 193 miles distant ; the Cheshire elec tion, 189 miles distant from London ; the Flintshire election, at Mold, 202 miles distant ; the Manchester nomination and polling, 186 miles distant ; the Salford election and polling, 187 miles distant ; the Leeds nomination and polling, 193 miles distant ; the Blackburn election, 208 miles distant ; the Halifax election, 197 miles ; the Bradford election, 19f; miles; the Wigan nomination and polling, 200 miles distant ; the Bolton election, 197 miles; the Bury election, 193 miles distant : the Warrington election, 188 mile: distantmiles ;; t t e e Macclesfield e l ec ti on , 167 m il es ; t h e Oldham nomination an d polling, 191 mil es ; th e S toc k port election, 176 Ashton election, 187 miles ; the Chester election,lB9 miles ; the Rochdale election, 198 miles distant; the Huddersfield election, 187 miles distant; the North Warwickshire, at Coleshill, 103 miles distant ; the North Staffordshir e , at Stafford, 142 miles distant ; and besides these, the Birmir,g.. barn, Wolverhampton, Litchfield, Worcestershire, Walsall, Bristol, Bath, and Stroud elections, with a multitude of others at places the distances from which to London vary from one hundred to two hundred miles, all of which were published in the Morning Advertiser on the day after they occurred, and any of which instances, if unre lieved by such a number of others, would have excited astonishment and praise. We have only in conclusion to refer to our exertions in forwarding from Carlisle to London the report of the nomination and the polling on each of the two days at the East Cumberland election—decidedly the most im portant that occurred in the empire, as involving the fate of Sir James Graham, and the opinion of the people in reference to the instances of political baseness which his conduct so thoroughly evidenced—Carlisle is 806 miles distant from Lon don. The distance was accomplished by us on three several days, in an average period of 15 hours ! This needs not a word of comment ; every individual aware of the . fact, must do justice to an effort accomplished by such an expenditure of money and exertion of energy and skill." We 'make no boast of these exertions ; they were as pro table to us as they were useful and grateful to our readers, and they may rely that in what has hitherto pleased them, we shall not fail in future. In the meantime it is our duty to wish all our readers the beet wishes of the season, and in addition that they may live low , to peruse our columns, and to be satisfied with our endeavours to furnish them with the earliest and most accurate intelligence of all do mestic events.—Morning Advertiser. POLICE INTELLIGENCE. MANSION-HOUSE. Application having been made to the Lord Mayor for a war rant to compel Mr. Thomas Bevan, a member of the Society of Friends, to pay 151. iis. 9d. for tithes, Brand, the marshalman, was sent for, accompanied by the collector and broker, to put the warrant into execution, and the goods of the defendant were sciz-d on his premises, and Monday next was appointed for the sale. Saturday the Lord Mayor received the following communi cation from Mr. B. : " Queen -street, Cheapaide, 30:h of 12th, 1837. " Respected Friend,-_I am a member of the Society of Friends, and have within the last few days suffered a distraint for a claim of 151. Bs. 9d. for tithes, for nine and a quarter years, the warrant for which was signed by thee. I need scarcely assure thee that Friends, considering the impost of of tithes anti Christian, passively resist their payment, and have done so from their origin as a people to the present time. Now what I complain of is, that household furniture which I cannot replace under 451., should have been taken to satisfy the claim of 151. 83. 9d., and that by warrant contrary to law. May I request thy attention to the case ? " I am, respectfully, T " The arti c l es t a k en are as follows B E V AN. clete of dining-tahl es , goo d ma h ogany sofa, cheffonier, om two p good set arm chairs, one chair, mahogany book-stand, brass fender and fire irons, a Turkey rug, new drugget." The LORD MAYOR, addressing the Marshalman, asked how it happened that so large a quantity of furniture was seized to pay so small an amount. Brank said that the collector had brought in a broker who had made the selection, and that he (Brand) could not, of course, interfere. The LORD MAYOR asked whether the defendant would take back the goods after they were sold at the price at which they might be disposed of. Mr. Hobler replied in the negative. The defendant would not under any circumstances pay the tithe, either directly or itdircctly. Brand, in order the goods should not go off at a sa crifice, should attend on Monday and buy them in for the defendant. Mr. Hobler—The defendant will not redeem them if you do. There should be some arrangement to meet this matter. Goods seized for tithes are generally sold at a ruinous sacrifice. The LORD MAYOR then inquired of the broker why he had seized so large a quantity of goods to cover so small an amount ? The broker said that no more property should be sold than would discharge the Rector's demand. These would not fetch 181., and then there were expences to be paid. The LORD Mavoe---What is the course of your proceeding ? Broker—We put a value upon the property, and offer it to the defendant first. The LORD MAYOR—But he would not take it, on account of religious scruples, and you knew that ? Brok er — Certainly ; we Offer it to the partner then, and afterwards we offer it to ti.e public. The Loan MAYOR—And you frequently appropriate it to yourselves ? Broker—No, we never do. I made the seizure on the first day in order to save expense. The Loan MAYOR—But all this furniture must not go at a sacrifice; the collector must attend on Monde!, on which day it appears the sale is to take place. The broker said he would attend with the collector on Mon day, but ho trusted the matter would be settled. G UILDHALL. A journeyman baker, named John Gunn, was charged with robbing his robbing his master, Mr. Green, of Fetter-lane, of nine pounds of flour, which was found secreted in paper bags between his linen and flannel shirt. In consequence of the pri soner having been in his service some years, and having a fa mily, Mr. Green did not now wish to press the charge, but Alderman I'. Wood committed him for trial. M A R YLEB ONE. David Whitlock, a shoemaker, residing in East -street, Manchester-square, was charged, at the instance of the paro chial authorities, with extreme cruelty towards his wife and family. He was committed for one month. The fellow irapudeatly thanked the Magistrate, and said he did not mind b€ing im pr.isoned for so short a time. HATTON-GARDEN. .EXTRAORDINARY DELCSION.—A woman was brought up by tha parish officers to be passed to a lunatic asylum. fr. BEN NETT inquired of the gurgeon on .it.hat Vbint the w6mtin ivak ,fi s ane? Be replied that she imagined she was Queen of find that she paid opeasiontil visits to the reginushelow, And held eJintiatinicathn With his satanic Majesty. Mr. BENNETT (to the maniac)—where are you goiflg ? Answer (with a fierce look)—to 4-11. Surgettn—Yoti know nurse Jones Y=Maniac—Know her. in be sure; f saw her in hell. She was my dttundant there, and she shall be again. The Magistrate concurred that this was a sufficient proof, and signed the order. LAMBETH-STREET. Thomas Heaton, a man of ;espectable appearance, was charged with felony. In November last, a gentleman was robbed of a pocket book, containing 401. in notes, a bill of ex change for hot and other property. On the day of the rob bery the prisoner purchased a watch at Mr Finlay's, in Rat. clifie-highwny, and tendered in payment a 101. note. which was sent to the bank, and found to be one of those stolen. The prisonrr gave a fal , e address, and was not seen until acciden tally met with in Whitechapel. The prisoner was remanded. WORSHIP-STREET. A gas-fist r, named Bassingham, of the Bethnal-green road, and ext-nsively employed by the Imperial Gas Company, was charged with fraud. The case occupied the attention of the bench for several hours, when it was proved that the de fendant had, by introducing an extra service-pipe into the main one, been enaLled to consume a greater quantity of gas on his premises than he paid for by meter. Mr. Brtouotrros convicted the defendant in the 501. penalty, under a clause in the Imperial Company's Act of in corporation. UNION-HALL. Wm. Jones, a well-dressed young man, was committed for trial for entering the counting-house of Mr. Baxter, of Mon tagu-place, Southwark, during the temperary absence of the clerk, and stealing a bag, containing 51. in copper money. EXTENSIVE SMUGGLING. CONVICTION OF THE CAPTAIN AND CREW OF THE PRINCE REGENT. On Saturday the captain, mate, two seamen, and a boy, forming the crew of the.sloots Prince Regent, were brought before Mr. BALT.ANTIN and Mr. BRODISRIP, at the Thames Pollee Office, for re-examination, charged with smuggling 618 tubs of foreign Brandy and Geneva, in the vessel. James Bennett, the master and part owner of the Prince Regent, was first put to the bar. The information preferred by the Board of Customs charged that he, being a subject of her Majesty, and as being on board a certain vessel liable to seizure within the port of London, not being driven therein by stress of weather and other unavoidable causes, did ille gally import 116 gallons of brandy, 987 gallons of spirits of brandy, and 411 gallons of Geneva, the same being in cases less than the size and dimensions by which such spirits might be legally imported into the United Kingdom, by which James Bennett had incurred a penalty of 1001. The prisoner pleaded " Not guilty," and said it was quite unknown to him how the spirits came into his ship, and lie was quite ignorant of the transaction until the tubs were shown to hint by the officer. Mr. Benjamin Donne, inspector of the River, repeated the evidence given on Wednesday last of his going on board the Prince Regent a mile eastward of Tilbury Fort, as she was coming up the River; of his making the discovery of the kegs, which were concealed under a cargo of staves and eighty casks; and also of the master declaring at the time that he was sot aware that any smuggled property was secreted be neath his cargo, and that it was put there during his absence. Mr. Donne added that the vessel was very deep in the water, and that the casks and staves were so well placed over the kegs of smuggled liquor, that it was some time before he and his men discovered the kegs. When the captain denied all knowledge of the transaction, he did not appear at all angry with his men. Mr. Beverley submitted that so many kegs of liquor could not have been stowed away in the hold without the captain's knowledge and consent, and that he was clearly liable under the Act of Psrliawent. Mr. BALLANTTNE-We find you guilty of the offence laid in the information, and you will pay a fine of 100/. to the Queen and be imprisoned until such fine is paid. You can make your appeal to the Commissioners of Customs, and if they find you arc an honest man, and that the crew have got to windward of you in this matter, they will be merciful. Mr. Hodgson—lle has been master of a vessel for fifty years, and bears an excellent character. James Parker, the mate of the sloop, was next arraigned, and pleaded guilty to the information in a loud voice. Mr. BRODERIP--Yoll know you are liable to a fine of 100/. Parker—Yes, Sir, I know all about it. lam guilty. Mr. BALLANTINg—We should have attempted to prevail upon you to withdraw that plea, only we know the facts arc so clear there is not a chance for you. You will pay a fine of 1001. to the Queen, and be imprisoned in default. Charles Leversuch also pleaded guilty on the information being read, and treated the affair with great indiffirence. James Saunders, 'mother seaman, also pleaded guilty. Mr. BRODERIP—DO you plead that advisedly ?—Saunders Ili, hi, Sir; I know what I am about. Mr. BALLANTINF—The Act of Parliament says that you must pay a fine of 1001. to the Queen, and be imprisoned until it is paid. Saunders—Very well, Sir; its all right.—( Laughter. ) George Bennett, a youth, the son of the Captain, was next charged upon a similar information, and pleaded not guilty. The boy was fined 1001., and sentenced to be imprisoned until it was paid. The prisoners were then removed to the Essex county gaol at Chelmsford, in the custody of the principal surveyor and other officers of the Thames Police. The sloop and her stores have been already condemned, and the brandy and Geneva, in all 1,354 gallons, a great portion of which is above proof, will be sold for the benefit of the officers who made the seizure. NAVAL INTELLIGENCE. a," 20, (From the Hampshire Telegr a ph.) °t r . rived a TnSa t Gibraltar Dec. on the 17th instant. . __ The Rainbow, Comus, and Wanderer, were daily expected at Bermuda on the 10th of November ; the Champion left Bermuda for Cubs on the 28th of October, and Sappho the same day for Jamaica. The Cornwallis, 74, with the lion. Sir Chat les Paget's flag, it was intended would leave Bey muda for the West Indies on the first of January, though, most probably, the Canadian revolt would subsequently keep the Gallant Admiral much nearer the scene of action. The Crocodile, 28, Captain J4incs Polkingliorne, arrived at Teneriffe on the 16th ultimo, after a passage of ten days, from Plymouth. The Wasp, 18, Hon. Commander Pelham, will be ready to go out of harbour on New Year's Day; tht.: Tyne, 28, Captain Townsh.nd, in a few da)s after; both vessels are destined for the Mediterranean, to relieve the Sapphire and the Jaseur or Childers. The Prince Regent, 120, and Illustrious, 74, were taken out of dock yesterday, and are lying in the basin. The Apollo frigate, which about ten years since was ex pensively prepared as a yacht for George the Fourth, is now ordered to be fitt-d as a troop-ship. It is said the Rodney, 92, and Bellerophon, 84, are to land their lower deck-guns at Malta, and briag home from the Me diterranean the 11th and 73d Regiments. An additional force of two officers and thirty men of the Royal Artillery corps is ordered from Woolwich, to join the Royal Marine battalion on the north coast of Spain. PILONIOTIONS AND APPOINTNIKNTS.—Mr. Alexander Little, Mate, of the Melville, is promoted. to the rank of Lieutenant ; Mr. James Mountsteven, Clerk of the Brisk, to the rank of Purser ; Mr. W. Doak, Assistant- Surgeon, to the rank of Surgeon ; Captain Samuel Jackson, C. B. (at present com manding the Bellerophon), is appointed Captain Superin tendent of Pembroke Dock Yard ; Lieut. C. Festing, to command the Espoir ; Mr. Kenneth L. Sutherland, to be Clerk.ia-charge of the Brisk ; Mr. W. D. Brown, Master, to the Electra ; and Mr. G. Barnard, Mate, to the Inconstant. The following table contains the number of officers on the Navy List of January in each of the years mentioned, from 1t316 to 18.8:-- 1316 1831 1834 1835 1836 1837 1838 Flag Officers 343 ... 216... 193... 175... 162 ... 154... 212 Captains. Commanders Lieutenants Marine Officers 1336 ... 891... 856 ... 837... 833 ... 831... 810 Masters :Medical O fficers 1537 ...1153...1017 —1026...1020 ... 977...1042 Pursers ...... 957 ... 646... 619... 603... 593 ... 578... 570 Chaplains 10,487 8885 8325 8198 8077 7921 7844 IN Haunoua—Britannia, Victory, Excellent, Royal George, Tyne, Electra, Wasp, Pantaloon, Sea-Flower cutter, Cracker tender, and Messenger steamer. AT SPITIIIAD—MCITIIIC. PLYMOUTH, DEC. 26. —The Pique, 36, Captain Boxer, sailed on Sunday last, for the coast of Spain, to bring to Eng land part of the British Legion. The Lilly, 16, was commis sioned last Saturday, by Commander John Reeve. The Pre sident, 52, arrived from Portsmouth on Monday. The Thunder, surveying vessel, arrived from Portsmouth on Thurs. day. The Talbot, 28, and Weazle, 10, have been taken out of dock this week, and are bringing forward for commission ; the Rolla, 10, is also to bo brought forward for tits, same purpose. SPORTING INTELLIGENCE. GALLOPING MATrit.—The bay mare of Mr. Whitfield again accomplished the same distance as detailed by us a few days ago (20 miles in the hour), and this trial has even brought her into more repute than the first performance. She was basked on this occasion for 501., and to carry Mr. Savage, a gentleman well known as a steeple-chase rider, who, at the time of making the match, weighed twelve stone, making on increased weight of nearly two stone over Mr. Beaumont, the gentleman who rode her before. The match came off on Friday on Sunbury Cola - non, but did not boast of any very extraordinary attendance. The jockey had been in very severe training, and did not at the time of mounting exceed 10st. 121 b. As the mare was comi ng up , arid within a quarter of a mile of the first ten, one of the stirrups flew off, and upwards of a minute's delay ensued before she was again off. She evidently got breathing time, and went off at an immense rate, not a horseman being able to keep near her. She came to the winning -post two minutes and thirty seconds within her given time. It was, how ever, afterwards stated that the 20 miles had occupied 47 minutes 40 seconds. She did not appear so much distressed as might have been anticipated. It will be remembered that she only had eight seconds to spare on the former occasion. THE PRECIOUS METALS. A statentent of tht; .iipo'ifsiticin of the precious triefsils troth the port of London throughout the go tierhaps, be interesting at this period, but we do not venture to dravt toy efitichtsioll from it, fiA it is well known very large amounts are taken anay Mtn this country which do not appear in the official returns, and therefore it it extremely difficult, if not impossible, to arrive at a correct re stilt. The amount of gold, it will be Iren, was 187,941 ounces, in value about 13 1 4188/: ; and the quantity of silver was 4,000,106 ounces, being worth "bunt 973,0701. ; and making a total of 4,188,047 ounces collectively, at the value of about 1,704,8581. The largest quantity of gold was exported In May, when 43,832 ounces were shipped, being worth about 170,6707; and the smallest amount was during the present month, being only 2,101 °times, valued at. about 8,1801. The largest quantity of silver was also ex ported in May ; namely. 1,190,822 ounces, valued at about 290,2621. ; And the smallest quantity was in October, namely, 68,221 ounces, valued at 16,7991. The annexed is the detailed statement made from the official returns published by the Custom house : EXPORTATION OF SOLD FROlf Titr. PORT OF LONDON DURING THE YEAR. January : Oz. Oz. Cape of Good Hope 5,313 £27, 87 Mauritius February: ..._ - -- Mauritius ' - 3,925 Ceylon and Mauritius March : - 4,917 .= 19,146 Mauritius Cape of Good Hope 2,350 Madras April: 22,631 .... E 8,119 Mauritius Ceylon Cape of Good Hope 1,250 May : 10,899 = 42,438 Mauritius Rotterdam Cape of Good Hope 340 Hamburg June : - 43,832 = 170,670 Mauritius Madras Rotterdam Cape of Good Hope July : 17,648 == 65,716 Cape of Good Hope 7,294 Mauritius Rotterdam 2,530 Hamburg 1,628 Bombay August: -- 15,993 ..2 62,272 Mauritius Calcutta 2,331 Rotterdam Swan River and Cape of Good Hope Bombay 1,250 Cape of Good Hope 750 Algoa Bay 437 Ceylon New York 2lB Hamburgh 173 September : 20,948 == 81,566 Mauritius Rotterdam 1,834 Cape of Good Hope 1,250 New South Wales 1,250 Hamburg South Australia 3B October: -- 16,020 a.. 62,377 Mauritius Rotterdam Hamburg ~.. South Australia 39 November : - 12,905 == 50,261 Mauritius 1,892 Hamburg Cape of Good Hope Algoa Bay Bombay - Ceylon December : . 3,822 .... 14,881 Mauritius Rotterdam 520 Hamburg New York B4 -- 2,191 im 8,180 GOLD BARS DURING THE YEAH. Rotterdam 8,637 Hamburg 9,137 nm 35,577 Total exportation of g01d......... Oz. 187,941 .= , £731,788 EXPORTATION or SILVER FROM THE PORT Or LONDON DURING THE YEAR. January : Os. Oz. Hamburg West Indies Malta 20,000 Belgium 8,500 Cape of Good Hope 1,200 February: - 168,813 =. £39,149 Capo of Good Hope Sierra Leone New York 9,000 West Indies Madeira 3,000 March : 108,298 = 26,307 Calais Gibraltar Mauritius Rotterdam Cape of Good Hope . April : 131,550 .., 32,065 Wait Indies Madras Mauritius 7,084 May : 138,021 -= 33,642 Calais Trinidad. West Indies Rotterdam Mauritius Malta lO,OOO Sierra Leone South Australia Cape of Good Hope 5OO June : -____- 1,190,822 ~, 290,262 Calais Demerara Rotterdam 40„635. Mauritius Cape of Good Hope 2,752 July : -- 328,542 80,082 Calais 485,553 Canton Rotterdam Mauritius 5,591 Cape of Good Hope. Belgium 1,728 Hainburgh 840 August : - 555,979 =is. 135,519 Rotterdam Zante 17,328 Canton Mauritius 7,728 Belgium West Indies 4BO September : 73,331 si. 17,874 Mauritius 167,350 Van Diemon's Land 27,415 Rotterdam 20,600 Malta New York 8,750 Hamburgh 6OO South Australia. October : ---- 23 8,355 58,999 Mauritius Rotterdam 25,000 Hamburg 8,681 Malta 7,000 South Australia 1,516 Madeira . . - November ; 63,921 = 16,799 Rotterdam Manilla Launcest0n.... New York Mauritius West Indies • 866 Jamaica BOO December : --. 141,983 ..., 34,608 Rotterdam Canton New York West Indies 13.5.,770 .„, 33,093 SILVER BARS DURING THE YEAR. Calais Hamburg Rotterdam 719,923 =. 175,481 Total exportation of silver...... 4,000,106 = 97 3,070 Ditto gold Total . Oz. 4,188,047 £1,704,838 CORONERS' INQUESTS. APPALLING DEATH OF A YOUNG MAN.—Friday night an in quest was held at Guy's Hospital, on the body of Samuel Burch, aged 23. The deceased was in the employm ent o f Messrs. Brandeth and D ums l ow , extensive vitriol-manufac turers, at Rotberhithe. On Wednesday afternoon last he ;sag engaged upon the premises, when, in walking along a plat form, he overbalanced himself, and fell into a vat of boiling saltpetre. His cries brought several of the workmen to his assistance, who, after great difficulty, extricated him. The poor fellow was so frightfully scalded that i the skin p ee l e d o ff his body. After his suff er i ngs were a ll ev iated n some degree by external applications, he was conveyed to the above hospi tal, where he lingered in the greatest agony until about three o'clock on Thursday morning when he expired.—Verdict, Accidental death. The deceased has left a widow, advanced in pregnancy, and one child. LASIENTABLE AND DETR/04INRD SeICIDE Op A MILITARY OFFICER.—On Friday evening an inquest was held at the White Hart, Windmill-street, Tottenham - court-road, on the body of Richard Gill, Esq., aged 6 5 . an Officer in the army, who put a period to his existence by discharging the contents of a pistol through his head, under circumstances of a very de termined nature.—Verdi ct , T emporary mental derangement. SINGULAR CABS OF PAR SE NTIMENT. -- F r i day an inquisi tion was taken before Mr. Hioos, at the George, Warwick street, on view of the body of Robert Apps, aged 32, a stable man at Morley's stables, Cockspur-street, who hung himself with a cord. A few weeks ago the deceased lost his wife, since which he has been very desponding. On Wednesday he was last seen alive about eleven at night. The following morning, Wm. Kent, the stable-boy, stated to the ostler that ho dreamt the deceased had bung himself. They went to his room, when, not finding him there, they searched for him, and discovered him lying on the floor of the loft with a cord round his neck, and which, it appeared, had broken by his weight. Another piece of the cord was attached to the beam. k sur geon 11,1 S sent for, who stated that deceased had been dead some hours. Verdict—" Temporary Insanity." ,NEW HOUSES OF PARLIAMENT. Haulm loan Oroer of the Honourable the Howse of Commons, ditted the Bth of December, 1837, for copy or abstract of the ten ders deliteted by builders for the embankment and the terrace and a portion of tba foundation of the buildings of the Houses of Par liament ; and stating which of them have been accepted :—Also, an abstfect of the estimates made by Messrs. Walker and Burgess, eng:neers, and Mr. Barry, the architect, for the same works, as approved of and confirmed by the Surveyors of the office of Woods and Works, and contained in the Report made by the Comtninsioners of the Woods and Works, and laid on the Table of the House of Commons. Abstract of the Tenders delivered by Builders for the Embankment and the Terrace and a Portion of the Foundation of the Build law:, of the Houses of Parliament. Hugh APintosh .. • £82,000 To complete the coffer-dam within seven months. To finish the whole of the works within twelve months. William Cubitt To complete the coffer-dam within eight. months. To finish the Thole of the works within fifteen months. George Monday To complete the coffer-dam within eight months. To finish the whole of the works within two years. Henry and John Lee To complete the coffer-dam within eight months. To finish the whole of the works within sixteen months George Baker and Son To complete the coffer-dam within nine months. To finish the whole of the works within eighteen months. Grissell and Peto . . ...... ... 83,900 To complete the coffer-dam within ten mviths. To finish thv whole of the with twenty months. Ihe e;:oflllcssrs.lient;;;dYohnfeC, being the lowest, was accepted. Estimae, made in part by Messrs. Walker and 13urgess, engineers, and in part by Mr. Barry, the architect, for the embankment to the River, with steps, coffer-dam, &e., examined and adopted by the surveyors of the Of fice of Woods and Works, and contained in the Report made by the Commissioners of Woods and Works, and laid on the table of the House of Commons 44,000 The tender of Messrs. Lee for the embankment and a ter race, and a portion of the foundation of the buildings of the Houses of Parliament Deduct the amount agreed to be allowed by the contrac tors for the materials of the darn after it has served its purpose 7,000 £67,373 N.B. The works included in the above estimate of Messrs. Lee were proportioned by Mr. Barry in the following manner : Cost of embankment wall, with the steps, coffer-dam, &c., included in the estimated sum of 4400/ 42,465 Cost of further works for the foundations, considered as part of Mr. Barry's general estimate for the buildiig... 24,908 Office of Woods, tic., Dec. 16. £67,373 THE WOOLLEN TRADE. (From the Leeds Mercury of Saturday, Dec. 30.) TRADE of LEIDS.-On Saturday there was an average quantity of goods sold at the Cloth Halls, but on Tuesday, from its being Christmas time, there was a very thin attend ance both of clothiers and buyers in the markets. The weather was also so exeeedingly dark during market hours, that it was almost impossible to judge of the quality of the goods ; in con sequence there was very little business done. There continues to be quite as much business doing in the warehouses as can be expected at this season of the year. HuDDeasneDD MARKET, TUESDIT.-We are happy to be able to announce that there has been a fair demand for goods to-day, and that trade in general is quite as brisk as is custo mary at this season. BRADFORD MARKET, TitußsnAy.--There has not been so much activity in the piece market to-day as for some weeks past ; but probably not less business has been done than is usual on the market day previous to the commencement of a new year. In the last market-day in the year we never expect to do much business, yet we may observe that the demand for yarn continues very fair, quite equal to the last two or three weeks. The advance in price is fully maintained. The late extensive sales in the wool market appear to have stocked many of the consumers, as much less business is now effected. The staplers remain quite firm in their prices, and are not eager to make sales. ITActrAx MARKET, SATURDAY.—\Ve have again the plea sure of reporting a very fair demand for stuffs to-day. Stocks have considerably decreased in the manufacturers' hands. A small advance on most descriptions has been obtained, but it is not equal to that upon the raw material. The demand for yarns gradually improves, and prices for all kinds have a ten dency upwards. The stocks of wool in the warehouses are fast increasing. The sales have again been numerous. Prices are firm and steady. 'Middle weathers sell at 14/. per pack. WAKEFIELD WOOL MARKET, Fattmx.—As might have been expected in the last week of the year, we have not had many buyers, but wool of all sorts fully maintains the advance quoted within the last few weeks, and is held firmly. LIVERPOOL COTTON-MARKET, Dxv. 29. The demand for cotton has been very moderate during the week ; and, as imports have come forward more freely than was generally expected, a decline of ?id. to id. on last week's prices has been been generally submitted to. The sales to day have been only 1,500 bags, and the market closes very quietly. About 500 bales American, 500 Surat, and 150 Pernams, have been taken on spe culation ; and the total sales for the week are 13,550 bags, viz.:— 1. it. Demerara ! Bto 0 70 Peruvians B4 94 270 Laguayras 6} 8 210 Surats 30 Bengals 520'Carthagenas 5i 20 Manilla 8 0 West India . 0 0 - Barbadoes Smyrna 0 0 12 bags, viz. * 26,501 from tho lrazils ; 1,247 from the West In are three vessels yet to report, Bahia, and one from Paraiba. 10 Sea Islands .... 18i to -.7 80 Stained ditto 6 —ll 4,720 Uplands 7 - 9 Mobile, &c. 3,070 New Orleans 6l 9i MO Egyptians 9 13 450 Pernams, 9 t l- —lO 350 Bahias 360 Maranhams 8 Sawginned 0 0 The imports amount to 29,21 United States ; 1,144 from the Bi dies, and 20 from Egypt. There viz., one from Savannah, one Iron Mr. Cooke seems disposed to favour the second Rockingham Ministry ; we, on the contrary, think its forma tion one of the greatest blunders in the history of party; the Whigs repeated their old error of making an Aristocratic Ca binet, admitting no one to important office but the connexions of the great Whig families ; they retained Thurlow as Chan cellor, and made Kenyon Attorney- General, passing over the claims of such mon as Glynn and Dunning ; and they equivo cated with the question of Reform, the only meaus of giving stability to their party, until the reins of power slipped from their hands—Athenceron.—Cooke's History of Party. DESSERT FRUIT KNIVES AND FORKS. Plated •n Silver Steel Blades. Blades Plain Ivory handles, silver ferrules, per dozen pair.. £3 3 0 X 8 18 Carved ivory handles, silver ferrules, per dozen pair 3 16 6 0 Plain pearl handles, silver ferrules, per ilozen pair... 4 4 0 II 11 I Carved pearl handles, silver ferrules, per dozen pair 5 8 0 12 13 • King's Pattern or Queen's pattern, silver handles ... •HS 6 14 14 I T. COX SAVORY, Working Gold and Silversmith, 47, Cornhill, London. N.B. A Pamphlet containing a list of the prices of Silver Plate, Plated Goods, Watches, Clocks, &c., may be had gratis, o r will be forwarded in answer to a pest-paid application. BIRTHS. On the 28th ult., Mrs. Lyall, of St. Helen's-place, of a daughter. At Cardiff, on the 211 ult., the wife of Wm. Wilcox, Esq., of a Son. On the 28th ult., in Dorset-place, Dorset-square, the lady of W. Plunkett, jun., Esq., of a daughter. On the 28th ult., at Brighton, the lady of T. H. Robinson, Esq., of Bury St. Edmund's, of a son. On the 29th ult., at Ilighbury Villa, Mrs. P. B. Turner, of a daughter. MARRIED. This day, the Ist January, at St. Andrew's, Holborn, Mr. Ed ward Unwin Ber, y, of James-street, Covent-garden, Surgeon, to Eliza, eldest daughter of Mr. Henry Brett, of Holborn. On the 27th ult., at Islington Church, William Prophit, Esq., M.D., to Emily, youngest daughter of R. Middleton, Esq. On the 28th ult., at St. Saviour's Church, Southwark, M. Charles T. Adolphe Carrazin, of St. Martin's, Ile do Re, to Geor giana Matilda, fourth daughter of G. Gwilt, Esq., F. S.A., tcc., of Union -street, Southwark. On the 20th ult., at Lifford, the lion. and Rev. Arthur Pome roy, to Frances Letitia Knox, daughter of the late Biah•p of Derry. On the 28th ult., at Sunning-hill, the Rev. Wm. Sinclair, son of the late Right lion. Sir John Sinclair, Bart., of Ulbster, to Miss Helen Ellice, daughter of the late W. Ellice, Esq., and neice of the Right Hon. E. Ellice, M.P. On the 20th ult., at Ruiston, the Rev. Robert Crosse, second son of A. Crosse, Esq., of Fyne Court, Broomfield, to Eliza Mary second daughter of C. Mackenzie, Esq., of the Hon. East India Company's Service, and widow •t the late Lieutenant Archer, •f the 16th Foot. DIED. On the 29th of December, at Greenwich, is the 62d year of his age, Mr. John Angus, who for upwards of thirty years filled the situation of Clerk and Cashier in the house of Longman and Co. Paternoster-row, by whom he was much esteemed and respected. On the 28th ult., at Hastings, aged 16, Charlotte Louisa Neale, youngest daughter of Lord Wm. Fitzroy. On the 28th ult., in Fitzroy-square, Major Alexander Orme, late of the Hon. East India Company's Service. On the 19th ult.i at the Rectory House, Ludgven, Cornwall, Sarah, relict of A. Graham, Esq., many years Chief Alagistrate of Bow-street, aged 81. On the 28th ult., in New Boswell -court, Lincoln's Inn, William Broughton Flexney, Esq., aged 65. On the 29th ult., in Walcott-place, the infant son of Mr. James W. Peppercorns. On the 20th ult., Mr. Joseph Hemingway, of Chester, aged 65, many years Editor of the " Chester Chronicle and Courant," aad author of several works. On the 7th ult., at Portsmouth, Elizabeth, wife of Dr. Ramadge, of Ely-place. On the 27th ult., aged 37, Mr. William Giesler, of Upper Wo barn-place. On the 27th ult., at Walmer, Kent, GeorgeJoad, Esq., aged 73. On the 29th ult., Margaret, relict of Mr. Bryan Corcoran, of Mark-lane, aged 55. On the 28th ult., Mr. James Hardy, of St. Paul's Churchyard, aged 64. On the 26th ult., aged 66, Mr. Samuel Divers of Nassau-place, Commercial-road East. In Bloomsbury -square, on the 23d ult., aged 35, Eliza, oldest daughter of T. Meux, Esq. On 'th• 26th ult., Esther, infant daughter of Mr. Henry Bed ford, of Calthorpe-street. On the 23d ult., the Rey. John Radford, of the Catholic Chapel, London-road. On the 24th ult., at Shepley, Anne, relict of F. Muller, Esq., and daughter of J. Wye, Esq., formerly of Coleman-street. London: Printed and Published by BIURDO YOUNG, of tly. 112, Strand, at The Sun Office, No. 112. Strand, in the county of 111 iddlesex—Monday, January, 1, 1858. 1 1 11 E SUN, LONDON, MO.SitiAY,,JA.NUARY I, 183 g.